Monday, August 29, 2011

"The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon...i.e a massive diamond orbiting a neutron star every two hours in an orbit so tight it would fit inside our own sun."

Sunday, August 21, 2011

Using spider goat, an awesome concept by themselves, to get the same proteins as spider silk, these scientists are creating a fiber 10x stronger than steel. They then mix that with skin and are using it to stop bullets.

Still just being tested on small scale right now, but damn if that isn't awesome.

Thursday, August 18, 2011

Details says the experiment would be "a kind of floating petri dish for implementing policies that libertarians, stymied by indifference at the voting booths, have been unable to advance: no welfare, looser building codes, no minimum wage, and few restrictions on weapons."

I love this idea. What could possibly go wrong in a society designed after the ideals of Ayn Rand? It's not like there are any sci-fi stories which portray this sort of situation.

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

"I don’t want people in Mexico to see the website. I got myself into a little trouble down there, and I can’t let any of the authorities know where to track me down. Just MAKE SURE you don’t send it to Mexico, okay? Do this for me, guy."

"We want the design to be intentionally confusing to show how complicated the concept is."

Sunday, August 14, 2011

I thought this was an amazing idea and am glad to see that it has worked so far.
Apparently, these researchers modified the white blood cells to attack cancer cells to such a degree that it can actually cause a tumor lysis syndrome, where your body is affected by losing too many cancer cells at one time.

Gene therapy has had a few mishaps in the past, but this looks like a very interesting theory and I really want to see how this goes from here.